HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 30 (ACN) The Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) denounced the organization of a film festival for the exhibition, in the United States, Europe and Latin America, of audiovisual productions that seek to rewrite history and distort Cuba’s realities, describing the event as still another attack against the country’s culture.
In a statement published on its website, UNEAC pointed out that the said festival is sponsored by the so-called Hannah Arendt International Institute of Artivism and will take place in paid locations in seven cities at the same time as the new International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana.
Here is the full text of UNEAC’s message:
“A new attack on Cuban culture has been launched: in paid locations in seven cities in the United States, Europe and Latin America, a film festival sponsored by the so-called Hannah Arendt International Institute of Artivism intends to exhibit a little more than a dozen audiovisual productions t